Colborn v. Denver Sheriff's Dept

Full title: CHAD ALEXANDER COLBORN, Plaintiff, v. DENVER SHERIFF'S DEPT., DENVER…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Date published: Jan 30, 2015

Civil Action No. 14-cv-03419-GPG (D. Colo. Jan. 30, 2015)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 14-cv-03419-GPG

01-30-2015

CHAD ALEXANDER COLBORN, Plaintiff, v. DENVER SHERIFF'S DEPT., DENVER COUNTY JAIL, DENVER HEALTH SERVICES, and DENVER COUNTY JAIL, Defendants.

LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior Judge United States District Court

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On December 18, 2014, Plaintiff Chad Alexander Colborn initiated this action by filing a Prisoner Complaint and a Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. On December 22, 2014, Magistrate Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted Plaintiff leave to proceed pursuant to § 1915. On the same day, Magistrate Judge Gallagher also directed Plaintiff to file an Amended Complaint and assert personal participation by properly named defendants. Subsequently on December 23, 2014, the Court determined that Plaintiff had filed a notice of change of address in a separate pending case and directed the Clerk of the Court to resend the Order to Amend, ECF No. 6, and the Order Granting Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, ECF No. 4, entered in this case, to Plaintiff at the new address.

Then the envelopes containing ECF Nos. 4 and 6 sent to Plaintiff at the Denver County Jail were returned to the Court on January 2 and 8, 2014, respectively. The envelopes, however, containing ECF Nos. 4 and 6, which were sent to the address Plaintiff had provided to us on December 19, 2014, have not been returned to the Court. Finding Plaintiff has been properly notified of his requirement to amend the Complaint, he now has failed prosecute this case within the time allowed. The Court, therefore, will dismiss the action.

The Court also certifies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this Order is not taken in good faith, and, therefore, in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962). If Plaintiff files a notice of appeal he must also pay the full $505 appellate filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the Tenth Circuit within thirty days in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 24. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the action is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failure to cure the deficiencies and for failure to prosecute. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied.

DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 30^th day of January, 2015.

BY THE COURT:

s/Lewis T. Babcock

LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior Judge

United States District Court